Re: LH600 Frankfurt to Tehran returning to Frankfurt

LH600 normally flies direct to Teheran from Frankfurt. Yesterday's LH600 was to have a scheduled stop in Baku, in addition to the regular Baku service (LH612). I presume the irregular drop in Baku was to do a crew change, to avoid having crew overnighting in Teheran, should the situation worsen. On ...

Re: British Aerospace ATP/J61

Ah, the ATP, one of my all-time fave aircraft and most regularly frequented between 1992 and 1998. I flew on them many a time with British Airways: Aberdeen (ABZ) <> Sumburgh (LSI) ABZ <> Birmingham (BHX) Glasgow (GLA) <> (BHX) service that was a continuation to Frankfurt, we switched to a 737-200 i...

Re: Why no LGW-FRA?

LGW>FRA was, I think, originally a British Caledonian and/or Dan-Air route (served by One-Eleven) that BA absorbed when they took over either BCal and/or Dan-Air. It was served by BA for many, many years, I (and my parents) used to take it regularly connecting to/from ABZ and FRA as of 1994. I thin...

Re: Why no LGW-FRA?

LGW>FRA was, I think, originally a British Caledonian and/or Dan-Air route (served by One-Eleven) that BA absorbed when they took over either BCal and/or Dan-Air. It was served by BA for many, many years, I (and my parents) used to take it regularly connecting to/from ABZ and FRA as of 1994. I think...

Re: No retirements of LH A320s in 2018

I traveled on D-AIPD (1989 build) and D-AIUO (2015 build) FRA<>GLA last week and bar the older overheads in D-AIPD, the untrained eye would not have spotted any differences. I was very impressed. I got the slight impression that I had better legroom on the newer frame - I was seated in 06D on both f...

Re: KLM closes last Air UK crew bases in UK

Which bases are the remaining ones to be closed? I used Air UK and KLMuk a lot back in the day on the 146 and F100 and the crew were always excellent. A great addition to KLM Cityhopper (where I have also never encountered an "off" crew...).

Re: Loganair recieve 1st Embraer aircraft

Loganair operated G-AZUK, a -476 series One-Eleven back in 1989, see https://www.planespotters.net/photo/242457/g-azuk-loganair-bac-1-11-476fm-one-eleven and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BAC_1-11_of_Loganair_at_Manchester_Airport#/media/File:G-AZUK_2_One-Eleven_476_Loganair_MAN_JUL89_...

Re: 20 dead in Junkers Ju 52 crash in Switzerland

We flew HB-HOT back in August 2017 from the air show in Bensheim on an hour-long sight-seeing flight over the Odenwald, Heidelberg and Mannheim, a birthday gift for my son's 19th birthday. It was a fantastic experience from the outset. The crew were excellent and as we were leaving the aircraft one ...

Edelweiss A340 Configuration

Hi there, I was researching flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka earlier and was surprised to find that only Edelweiss appears to offer direct flights to Colombo from mainland Europe these days. What surprised me further was the configuration of the A340 Edelweiss are using on the route: https://www.flyede...

Re: Europe–Anchorage–Tokyo route?

As a youngster, I remember being fascinated by flights to Japan and remember reading an article in, I think, Airliner World from 1989 about Virgin Atlantic introducing LHR > NRT via Moscow Sheremetyevo on a Boeing 747-200. I seem to think that the stop in Moscow was solely for refuelling purposes o...

Re: Europe–Anchorage–Tokyo route?

As a youngster, I remember being fascinated by flights to Japan and remember reading an article in, I think, Airliner World from 1989 about Virgin Atlantic introducing LHR > NRT via Moscow Sheremetyevo on a Boeing 747-200. I seem to think that the stop in Moscow was solely for refuelling purposes or...

Re: British Airways and the 767

gunnerman wrote:

I think you mean the 789.

Re: British Airways and the 767

I see that on 15.01.2018, the BA460 service LHR to MAD is being operated on the 788...

Re: Narrowbodies from Korea to the UK, P.3, Xi'an-Almaty, SCAT Boeing 737-500

Really interesting report, thanks for posting. I look forward to the next installment of the journey! Wrt the rear lavatory arrangement on the SCAT 735: if my memory serves me correctly, the Lufthansa and Braathens 735s (in fact, they are the only 735s I have ever traveled on...) both had an identic...

Re: Air Berlin, JFK to TXL August 2017

Thanks for posting this trip report, I would love to see your pictures. We used airberlin for a transatlantic hop in economy from DUS<>JFK for our first family holiday in the US in 2011. Back then it was the pre-update hard product which wasn't comparable to what is offered now but still comfortable...

Re: Hef's plane

Not wanting to lower the tone, I kind of liked that Hugh boarded from the rear...

Re: Western FAs - East Asian Carriers

IIRC, Air China also has cabin crew based in Frankfurt.

Re: Step Back in Time: DLBS Junkers Ju52 "Tante Ju" in Hamburg

Hi Roy, Thanks for posting this trip report. We flew with the Ju-Air Ju-52 HB-HOT this weekend past on a 40-minute flight from Bensheim to Bensheim with views of Heidelberg and the Odenwald > it was wonderful... I was lucky enough to get one of the front backward-facing seats that gave me a great vi...

BA902/903 on August 1, 2017?

Hi y'all,

Is anybody out there able to confirm which of the seven remaining Boeing 763ER British Airways is using for tomorrow's (Tuesday, August 1, 2017) BA902/903 LHR>FRA>LHR rotation?

Thanks for any answers!

Best,
djb77

Re: Classic British / French Jetliners - 1985/1987 trips

Wrt the two VC-10 flights - do you remember if the aircraft had rear-facing seats?
(PS And did anybody spot the ex-PanAm L1011-500 awaiting RAF conversion... also now long gone too...)

Re: Vickers Viscount trip reports/photos England 1985

This has to be one of the best trip reports in a while - full of aircraft and images from my childhood! My parent's home is under the flight path inbound to Aberdeen (ABZ) and a standard sound of home was for many years the drone of the Viscount, normally Britsh Air Ferries doing the Shetland oil ru...

Re: Aircraft operating today's UX1509 MAD>FRA?

Many thank,Crispi!

Aircraft operating today's UX1509 MAD>FRA?

Hi there,
Is there any chance someone here can identify the exact aircraft operating this afternoon's AirEuropa UX1509 Madrid to Frankfurt flight?
It was originally supposed to be operated by E195, now showing as a 738...
Many thanks and best regards,
djb77

Re: Scotland Aviation - News 2016

I see that airBaltic is returning to ABZ with flights from Riga on 733 as of May (it appears to be four times per week), and Ryanair has now announced they are offering flights to Faro as of May 2017 on Tuesdays and Saturdays (dep ABZ at 11:55, dep Faro at 08:00).

Re: Royal Air Maroc Business Class B747-400 Montreal to Casablanca

Great report, that is a pretty tidy looking 744. I was expecting a more "basic" interior involving cloth seats et al in economy, particularly with such a high density. I was nicely surprised...

Re: Scotland Aviation - News 2016

Wrt to ABZ, I see Ryanair is to return to Dyce as of February 2017 to operate twice weekly flights to Alicante (Thursday, Sunday) and Malaga (Wednesday, Saturday.) Early morning from ALC (+/- 08:00) and AGP (+/- 06:30), mid-morning back to Spain again: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/ne ... n-a...

Re: Aer Lingus B767-200ER (Picture)

Any word on what cabin is like on the 762ER? 2x4x2 or 2x3x2? And EI branded?

RE: SQ Marks 45 Years Of LHR Flights

While I would love to fly Singapore > Mumbai > Bahrain > Rome > <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> with a B707, what I find particularly impressive is that the flying time - according to the article - was "only" 17hr 35mins. Compared to today's 12hr 40mins ...

RE: Student Stand By Fares Of The 60's

I recently had lunch with an American friend and colleague, she was telling me about her first flight to Europe in 1979, with Pan Am from <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> (didn't ask if it was a direct flight). She and a friend flew on a kind ...

RE: Boston Snapshot: Jan, 1987

Very interesting indeed.
I see there are no flights to Glasgow Prestwick listed (served by the Northwest (Orient) DC-10)? And what about Dublin and Shannon, are they listed in some way too?

RE: Full Length Flight Video: KLM Fokker 70 ZRH-AMS

Great video, many thanks for sharing. KLM Cityhopper and the F70 are great - one of my favorite airlines and regional aircraft, unique and very comfortable  

RE: WOW Air "stranded" In Las Palmas

This happened to friends on Monday, March 21 flying with Ryanair from Porto to Hahn, returning from a family event at the weekend. Ryanair canceled their flight due to the ATC action in France on the Monday. The earliest flight home from Porto to Hahn, where they left their car, was on Friday, March...

RE: CE Service In A CW Seat - The BA Midhaul A321

Great report and pictures! I didn't realize BA sometimes used the mid-haul A321 on short-haul hops, bit of a steal really...

RE: Iceland Air Saga Class – Affordable Way To Fly J

Thanks for a very interesting report. We're thinking of visiting Iceland next year (from home near Frankfurt) and I was actually considering booking Economy Comfort as my wife doesn't enjoy flying yet having more space makes the experience easier. For a 3.5 hour flight, however, I'm not really willi...

RE: KLM Cityhopper Former Rotterdam - Frankfurt Flight

I didn't realize that Cityhopper flew RTMFRA. Did they use F27/F50 or F28?

RE: Part3: Phuket To India - Bangkok Airways -A320-200

Great report, I'm enjoying following your long trip. Those seats on your <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym>><acronym title="Mumbai (Bombay) - Chhatrapati Shivaji International (Sahar / Santa Cruz) (BOM / VABB), India">BOM</acronym> leg look ext...

1. Scheduled "transatlantic" Flight Of A Q400

Whether we consider this service transactlantic or inter-European, I think it is great that my former home airport at <acronym title="Aberdeen - Dyce (ABZ / EGPD), United Kingdom">ABZ</acronym> is being linked into the Icelandair network > let's hope that the service is used sufficiently to keep it ...

RE: LH Retired Last 735 - 8 733s Active Till 10/2016

My first ever <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> business class flight was on a windy, wet, wintery evening in 1A on a <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> 735 from <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym> to <acronym title="Frankf...

RE: 25th B’day Pt2: A Frustrating Trip Back On KLM 747

Your story about the man who didn't go to the loo made me chuckle: In May I was in the US and flew with Singapore <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>><acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New Y...

RE: BA 747 Damaged At DFW

The <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> A330 will probably be there a while - the <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> cabin crew are on strike, one of their unions, UFO, has called a strike for the best part of this week and it affects all flights crewed by Lufthansa Pass...

RE: FAs "Militant" About Window Shades Down On Red Eye

Yes, I recently experienced it on Singapore Airlines A380 from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> to <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>. It was 21:00 and already dar...

Tuifly 767-400?

Dear all, My son returned from Las Palmas to <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> last night on tuifly and took the current 01/2015 onboard magazine for me to read (he is well trained  <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums...

RE: US 767-200ER Retirement Soon

I always hoped that I would get a run on a 762 but the closest I ever got was back in 2005 when I was in <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> with work and had just boarded the later evening <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FR...

RE: Air France's A318s

My parents recently flew <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>>Lisbon><acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> on an <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> A318 and they said that a) they liked the fact ...

RE: BA 737-400 Withdrawals & Leased A320s Update

My favorite seat on the BA734 was 06A, the 2.5 seater behind Club, always tried my best to bag that one!